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Barbara Crooker: Treadmill

We lift weights. We
feel great. We

do yoga. We
eat granola.

October 28, 2024 · 13 Comments

Susan Farrell: Why Kurt Vonnegut’s advice to college graduates still matters today

If Vonnegut was, like the students’ fathers, a family man and a veteran, perhaps he also embodied the dad that students in 1969 dreamed their own fathers could be: funny, artistic, anti-establishment and anti-war.

May 4, 2023 · 4 Comments

Anonymous: I Get By With a Little Help From Depends

Some of the artists of the ’60s are revising their hits with new lyrics to accommodate aging baby boomers.

December 31, 2022 · 4 Comments

Tom Engelhardt: The Decline and Fall of Everything (Including Me)

I find myself experiencing three versions of that ultimate story: that of my own fall; that of my country; and that of an increasingly overheating planet as a habitable place for us all.

August 15, 2022 · 3 Comments

Thom Hartmann: A Personal Apology to Young Americans for Failing to Stop Ronald Reagan

I’m so embarrassed to have to say this, but my generation let this happen. And now our chance is here to stop the Republican onslaught once and for all.

July 18, 2022 · 2 Comments

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